Motor-cars



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APPLICATION FILED OGLE, |91?.

1,317,740. Patented oet. 7,1919.

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e, a mamada I Citizen of ,the United. ,residenr; of, Kansas Ci'amcertain Y new and useful and in order that it ma referenties.DirectionIiiidicatomsA for, rlfgtor-,Cag'y dq herslii'jdla t' follieasias ul @mam Yn se lief-em This nar ntie laten to drcectmn Y forYapprisin trians andthe drxiers g ject tof pr uee asirfnple, strengdiirbe builtinto car en can be readily and *economically applied thereto atany ti consists in certain novel and peculiar features of constructionand combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed;

be fully understood reference is to be ad to the accompanying drawing,in which:-

Figure 1, is a vertical section of a part of a motor car equipped Withmy invention, the section being on the line I-I, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2, is a top plan of a part of the car as equipped in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical section on the line III-III, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is a diagrammatic view illustrative of the wiring for the lamps.

Referring now to the construction in detail, 1 indicates a motor car ofany approved type, 2 the dash, 3 the wind shield, 4 the steering shaftand 5 the steering Wheel of the ear, and extending across the car at asuitable point, in this instance back of the lower part of the windshield, is a long and narrow box or housing 6, shown as supported fromthe dash by uprights 6a of which only one appears.

Suitably supported for longitudinal sliding movement Within the housing6, is a pair of rack bars 7 and 8, preferably of channeled constructionas at 9, for the accommodation 5b or ends 12 of the housing.

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wien, this 'Eetiwft as,L reser, Y V3. fr, contacts 14,. areionnepteglfbyWires Vcircuit 17., is connected by mal to' the .l wir-esV 10. It willthus ,be seentliatiwhen .the lamps are Withdrawn the; circuits arebrekenV and h Gosier-eea `.igngrgsliaft, with an enlargement 19, for theaccommodation of a gear Wheel 20, intermeshed With the rack bar 7, andmounted on the upper end of a shaft 21, journaled in said enlargementand in a casing 22, secured to the dash 2, and equipped Within saidcasing with a gear wheel 23. A tubular shaft 24, incloses shaft 21 fornearly the full length thereof and carries a gear Wheel 25, meshing withrack bar v8, and a small gear wheel 26.

The ear Wheel 23 meshes with a larger gear W eel 27, mounted on atubular shaft 28, extendin from casing 22 to a casin 29, and Within t elatter carries a gear Whee 30, meshing with a ear Wheel 31, on a shorttubular shaft 32, Journaled in and projecting from the casing 29 andequipped at its upper end with an operating handle 33, whereby, throughthe gearing described, the rack bar 7 can be adjusted to project itslamp beyond the adjacent side of the car where it can be readily seen.

A large gear Wheel 34, is secured on the lower end of shaft 35,journaled on shaft 28 and in the casings 22 and 29, and said gearengages the gear Wheel 26. On the upper end of shaft 35 is secured agear Wheel 36, meshing with a gear Wheel 37, on the lower end Yiof ashaft 38, journaled in shaft 32 and equipped at its upper end with anoperating handle 39, whereby the rack bar 8 is adjusted to dispose itslamp beyond the car at the op- Eosite side thereof from the lamp carriedby ar 7, and for the same reason, it bein understood that when a lamp isset beyon emmers with @mme @retries by mi btlaneated fromtheiersirsGewisse-Y .Ye-.hers @assassinate Operar 15, toY feed wire 16,oftheeleetrielagiting" circuit of the car, and the other Wirelof saidAatwhen proiectedrythe circuits are,

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its respective side of the car, it is intended as a signal that the carwill be turned in a corresponding direction or be brou ht to a state ofrest, and it will alsoibe un erstood thatl when a lamp is set forsignaling purposesfthe circuit .therethrough will be completed so thatthe lamp can he seen at night.

The casing 29 can he supported inV any suitable manner. For convenienceit is shown as supported on brackets 40 and 41, projecting respectivelyfrom casings 22 Y and 19.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produce-.dadirection indicator for motor cars, which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object ofinvention, and

VWhile I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment, it isto be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes asproperly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

AI claim:

A direction indicator for motor cars', coinprisin a housing extendingacross a car, a pair o rack bars slidingly arranged within said housing,a pair of gear Wheels engaging said rack hars respectively and disposed'arranged shafts extending from one housing tothe other and carryingsaid gear wheels respectively, a second pair of gear wheelson saidshafts Vrespectively and located within said secondV housing, a thirdhousing above the said second housing, a pair of concentrically arran edshafts extending from the said second ousing to the said third housing,a pair of gear wheels on the lower ends of saidlast-named pair of shaftsand Within said second housing and meshing with said second pair'of gearWheels, a pair of gear Wheels Within the said third housing andrespectively secured on the shafts rejecting therein, a pair of gearwheels mes ing with the said pair of gear Wheels Within the thirdhousing and also located in the latter, a pair of shafts for theVsecond. pair of gear Wheels in the third housing, and handles for saidshafts respectively.

Signed at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,this 4th day of October, 1917.

WILLIAM H. TODI).

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' Washington, D. 0.

